Baghdad, Nov 05, 2001 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Iraqi officials said Monday they were ready to hand the United States a "painful defeat" if Washington decides to attack Baghdad as part of its current international campaign to root out terrorism. "We are prepared to defend our people and defeat our aggressors," Iraqi Foreign Minister Nayi Sabri Al Hadizi told Iraqi reporters. Some conservative U.S. legislators have argued that the Bush administration should target Iraq in the American-led war on terrorism triggered by the events of Sept. 11. But, al Hadizi warned, the United States "will pay a high price if ...